Barry, who will be travelling with Dee for today’s course, said it would be perfect training for her future TV role. He said: “It will be hard but she is up for the challenge. Not many people know this but Dee is an amazing cook. She serves up some really great food.

“But to prepare for a show like this, we need to get her some proper training, so she knows her way around a kitchen.

“She may want to have her own restaurant in the future.”

Dee, real name Deirdre Kelly, feeds her family from her £214-a-week handouts.

The cookery series aims to make her the new Nigella, 54, as she teaches Brits how to cook on a tight budget. Earlier this week it emerged Dee had been approached by Channel 4 to appear on a follow-up to Benefits Street.

She is demanding megabucks to star in the show.

Meanwhile, Dee is waiting to find out if her benefits will be slashed after a Department of Work and Pensions earnings probe.